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Two Third of Rohingya Population in Rathedaung Ethnically Cleansed

RB News

September 10, 2017

Rathedaung – A two third of Rohingya population in Rathedaung Township have been ethnically cleansed or forced out in collaborated attacks by the Myanmar armed forces and the Rakhine extremists since August 25.

17 Rohingya villages have been burnt down and depopulated. Among them, six villages were burnt down displacing thousands of Rohingyas on September 8 and 9 alone. The villages are:

More than 500 people have been executed in cool blood massacres in the township since August 25. Over 35,000 people have been forced out of their homes or displaced; have been dehydrated and hungry for days.

Since then, most of these displaced villagers, old, men, women and children alike, are attempting to make to Bangladesh by walking miles across ‘Mayu Mountains’ and ‘Vast Swathes’; and taking boats amidst extreme dangers for their lives.

The list of the Rohingya villages that have come under arson attacks and razed by the Myanmar armed forces (military and BGP) in Rathedaung Township since August 25 are:

No.

Name of
Village

Number of
Houses Razed

1

Auk
Nan Yar

485

2

Attet
Nan Yar

264

3

Nilam
Bor

190

4

Aadu

64

5

Than
Du

60

6

Pan
Kaing IDP

276

7

Bellamy

200

8

Taa
Zaw

99

9

Pyaing
Taung

104

10

Chut
Pyin

300

11

Zedi
Pyin

107

12

Chein
Khali

743

13

Koe
Tan Kauk

692

14

Kyet
Yoe Kone Tan IDP

233

15

Zay
Kone Tan

53

16

Pyin
Chaung

170

17

Tha
Pyi Taw

270

Total
Houses Burnt Down/Razed

4310

The list of total Rohingya villages and households; and numbers of Rohingya population in Rathedaung Township as of 1/10/2016 is:

No.

The Village
Name

No. of Male

No. of Female

No. of Households

Total
Population

1

Thin
Gana

655

678

1333

2

Tha
Pyi Taw

1100

1147

2247

3

Anauk
Pyin

1340

1665

581

3005

4

Nyaung
Pin Gyi

1000

1099

2099

5

Sin
Kone Taing

1298

1394

384

2692

6

Chut
Pyin

630

650

300

1280

7

Zay
Kone Tan

147

159

53

306

8

Kyet
Yoe Kone Tan

636

717

233

1353

9

Pyin
Chaung

450

495

170

945

10

Koe
Tan Kauk

2652

2840

692

5492

11

Chein
Khali

2196

2547

743

4743

12

Chin
Rwa

945

1228

325

2173

13

Bellamy

478

482

200

984

14

Taa
Zaw

288

276

99

564

15

Pan
Kaing

635

741

276

1376

16

Nilam
Bor

407

680

1087

17

Kan
Seik

547

628

182

1175

18

Aaga
Taung

2269

2353

414

2622

19

Pyaing
Ma Tet

301

306

104

607

20

Than
Du

197

182

379

21

Zedi
Pyin

335

317

107

652

22

Attet
Nan Yar

829

1012

264

1941

23

Aadu

263

233

64

496

24

Auk
Nan Yar

1554

1856

485

3410

Total
Population

44,961

Credit: Originally
Compiled by Mohammed Hussain, a Rohingya Community Leader in Rathedaung